| 单词 | horrible |
| 例句 | I felt horrible about it and it sucked, but I couldn’t save them. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I felt the same horrible force taking control of my arms, and I couldn’t stop my hands from moving down to the lid of the box. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z For a moment, I think it’s part of the ceremony—until he draws a long, thin blade, one I recognize from his horrible duel with Cardan. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The Cyclops was an even more horrible sight than he had been in my dreams. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z It was followed by a horrible crunching, grinding sound. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The inside was horrible; it smelled strongly of seaweed, the wind whistled through the gaps in the wooden walls, and the fireplace was damp and empty. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z What if the book was a horrible mistake? The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z It’s horrible to think about, with her picture right in front of me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z All around men turned their heads, because the bloody field was less horrible to look upon than Lyra’s grief. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They’d only make everyone feel worse, adding a whiny cherry to the top of this horrible sundae, so she stuffed her tears down, all the way down to her toes. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I knew with horrible certainty that my friend had just been turned into a column of ashes. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z It was a horrible picture, and I couldn’t stop looking at it. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Aru remembered that her sister had a horrible fear of heights. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It made sense now—horrible sense—why Suheyla didn’t know what had become of her own hand. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Peeta, who spends much of the night roaming the train, hears me screaming as I struggle to break out of the haze of drugs that merely prolong the horrible dreams. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z His white hair was still feathered in a horrible Disco Age mullet. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “I don’t remember, but I think it was considered a random street crime, a horrible case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. They never arrested anyone.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Despite how horrible they were, Hazel never gave them diamonds or gold. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Especially with this horrible swastika business going on.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The mountain shook with a horrible rumbling, as if the monster were laughing. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Oh, why was she doing this to him, putting him into this horrible position? Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “Look at this. Somebody went abroad and brought it for me. My face creams finished months ago and I’ve been using that horrible Biafran-made oil.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Petrified in my seat by Teresita’s horrible prediction, I could only blink away my fearful tears. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Her face was puffed and bore horrible marks, one lip was bleeding where her tooth had bitten down. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He put his fingers in his mouth and did a taxicab whistle even more horrible than the last. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She must’ve been horrible to him, because nothing else would make him hate her so much. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The warrior’s eyes glinted; he bared his teeth in a horrible grin as he raised a dagger. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z He had a moment of clarity, not slow-motion exactly, but he could see it coming, something horrible. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z How could they do this and face their own future? she wondered in horrible confusion. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The heat is horrible, but worse than the heat is the smoke, which threatens to suffocate me at any moment. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I would never have forgiven that horrible old woman. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z I was relieved, but felt horrible just the same, because I told these strangers basically every detail of my life. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z A charismatic police officer, investigator, or prosecutor struggles with his own demons while heroically trying to solve a horrible crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z My mouth tasted horrible, and I tried to keep it shut for fear of poisoning the airplane. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z She remembered the floor of that horrible cavern in Rome crumbling to dust, plunging Percy and Annabeth into Tartarus. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Of course Annabeth had heard horrible stories about the rivers of the Underworld. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “It’s horrible to watch my body slowly wilt away to nothing. But it’s also wonderful because of all the time I get to say good-bye.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A night of pain, horrible pain, followed by the sweetest dawn of the Queen’s life. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Here I am, thinking all of these horrible thoughts about my dead sister. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Even in the safety of her bunk at camp, she’d had horrible nightmares. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “It is a horrible, terrible thing, the worst thing, to watch somebody you love die right in front of you and not be able to do nothing about it. I dream about him most nights.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z She thought for a horrible moment that he was going to try to grab her hand, but he didn’t. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z But at least that horrible owl was gone. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The force of the blow lifted the thief clean off his feet, and, before Constance could grab hold of him, he overbalanced and hurtled over the edge of the parapet with a horrible scream. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She would gladly have given her life to end my suffering —horrible, humpbacked, carp-toothed creature, eyes on fire with useless, mindless love. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z There are things stewing, horrible stinks, little sulfurous explosions, amazing illusions. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Th e horrible thing was: I could see the family resemblance. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The class looked at him in a kind of horrible fascination. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I couldn’t imagine how horrible it would be to wind up stuck in a place like this,” Julia said. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “Nothing horrible is going to happen,” said Bod. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z His wife was shrill, languid, handsome and horrible. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “They just use them to make horrible noises which are ugly to see and worse to hear. I leave all that to Dr. Dischord and that awful, awful DYNNE.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’m at Hogwarts, and horrible stuffs been happening. Do you know anything about the Chamber of Secrets?” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z A horrible red rash has broken out on her neck. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “I’m sure the sounds must be as horrible as the sights, and I can’t shut them out.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Even though the horrible things that had been done to Emmett filled my head, it was comforting to be with Naomi. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “Oh, very funny...It’s horrible, isn’t it?” she said to Harry, who was staring up at the statue. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z In the 1970s, the Attica Prison riots drew national attention to horrible prison abuses. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The horrible train ride was just the beginning. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z There were no such memories, but how could I be sure there weren’t horrible thoughts repressed behind the barriers of my tortured conscience? Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The morning with Taryn had been so horrible, followed by an almost perfect morning with June; she wasn’t sure how much more she could take. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “I sit here and grouch because there’s nothing to amuse me; I’m very selfish. Tell me how horrible I am.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z I know there must be a reason, but sometimes I think it’s horrible that you can’t ever confide in anyone, not even those closest to you. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z As the horrible pictures flashed by, a dark voice announced the roll of camps: “Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, Chelmno, Dachau ...” “Give them this!” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Half a century ago, something strange and horrible had happened there, something that the older inhabitants of the village still liked to discuss when topics for gossip were scarce. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “You are a terrible, grouchy, horrible person. You are mean to Miss Josie and Mr. Jeet. You are making us move for no reason. And now you are ruining our last Christmas here.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The announcer read out passages, his voice matter-of-fact, but the facts themselves were horrible. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z It made Piper anxious to reach Rome, even though she had a horrible feeling she was sailing toward her own sort of prison—a dark room filled with water. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The ones I hated have taken to the water, horrible scaled things that tear my salty flesh with needle teeth. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Mom prayed for me to have courage, and for Fred Gray to do his best, and for success in defeating this horrible system. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z “What I don’t understand is why he would search for the Key Holder if he knows the horrible consequences?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Half of it was boring, the other half horrible. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “I jumped to a conclusion. I was stupid. I’m sorry I accused you of spying. I’ve felt horrible.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Everyone said the dementors were horrible, but no one else collapsed every time they went near one. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z It was nice to see him, but always by the end of the dream he was gone, and in some horrible rending kind of way. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The fight felt like all the horrible things they’d ever felt about each other bubbling over like a bad potion in a cauldron. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The shadowy back alleys seemed to be closing in around her, long, clawed hands reaching out from the darkness, that horrible breathing. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Oh, great, and now I’m thinking of Gale, deep down in that horrible mine, with President Snow’s threat hanging over his head. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I opened the apartment door, put down my bag, and took off my shoes, like everything was wonderful, because I didn’t know that in reality everything was actually horrible, because how could I? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z We were getting scores of letters from prisoners who continued to complain about horrible conditions. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z There was something horrible in the sudden torrent of words, something horrible and unexpected. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z In a horrible daze, I sat on my bed, one elbow on the windowsill, and tried to pull myself together. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I had a horrible sinking in my heart, and from Van Helsing’s face I gathered that he felt some fear or apprehension as to what was to come. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “Oh, god, Kevin, you look horrible. Put your head between your legs and take deep, slow breaths. And don't barf in my car.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “I almost had to go to the emergency room. It was horrible.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “But of course, Bernard. It’s this horrible place.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Karpoi grain spirits—those horrible little piranha Cupids—were rushing through the tall grass abducting campers at random, pulling them away from the line. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Piper had seen some horrible things, but it was nothing compared to what Annabeth had experienced. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Momma used to tell me, “That hardheaded man insisted, insisted mind you, that I wear that horrible hat.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Sierra gasped, the horrible memory of his ghostly face jumping back at her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z It takes a lot of practice because my mind is so used to jumping to horrible conclusions. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Paddles strike heads, backs, arms, with horrible crunching, battering sounds. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z His mind swirled with horrible possibilities, with the fear that this would be it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z In the long days that followed, we expected Pefta to appear every morning with the horrible news. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “But look here, old man . . .” “Throw it all away, that horrible poison.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The quill made horrible scratching noises, and the point, which was continually catching in the paper, flicked tiny inkblots all over him. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Nico’s news was so horrible Percy had momentarily forgotten she was still in danger, which made him feel incredibly guilty. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Everything had gone wrong with his beautiful plan, since that horrible light had so unexpectedly appeared in the darkness. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Grover played a frantic, horrible tune, and the lion turned toward him, but Thalia stepped into its path, holding up Aegis, and the lion recoiled. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “It felt like grit in your teeth. The soup always smelled and tasted horrible, but we were all used to it,” Jack said. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z He and my great-grandpa had to face such horrible stuff, even though they hadn’t done anything wrong. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Now she wasn’t sure which was more excruciating—living with that horrible absence, or being with him again. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But when they reached the edge of town, Tally felt her anxiety turn to something worse: a horrible certainty that no one remained there. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z "I will let you pass if you agree to bring me the ears of horrible Haiyi's old mother," the enormous snake hissed. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Alas! Yes, my father,” replied I; “some destiny of the most horrible kind hangs over me, and I must live to fulfil it, or surely I should have died on the coffin of Henry.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z Percy was toting a steaming five-gallon plastic bucket that smelled horrible. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I am convinced something horrible is going to happen to me now. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z When he’s sad like this, I get this horrible ache in my chest, and my face gets all hot around my eyes, and my head starts hurting. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Bod said, “The lady who’s looking after me. She makes horrible food. Hard-boiled egg soup and things.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z I know how bad I look in the horrible shorts and bright yellow T-shirt. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Normally, Petey was too mad about too many things to list: her given name, her own face, that one horrible party, to name just a few. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z But when he landed on his face, there was a horrible heavy thump and things commenced moving again like they normal do. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z That horrible sound stuck and echoing inside him. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Instantly, without a single thought that it was coming, David threw up, and of course that made it all the more horrible. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z It is horrible, the thought of him and September. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Only if you turn off that horrible music.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Oh, all sorts of things, really. Those skulls I got interested in just now, when I saw them there. I shouldn’t think anyone would want that done. It’s horrible.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z You can’t just abandon your family because they did something horrible. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Each time one ignited, a horrible thrill went through her - fear, panic, but also a strong desire to get closer to the flames. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z As they listened, “one horrible thing after another happened.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z No; he was a horrible serpent and she loathed him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z That horrible woman would never have the chance to call me Mary because if I was starving I’d never work for her. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Excuse me! Principal of Riverview. Coming through. I have horrible news!” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z And then the Permian crowd turned sour and she knew something horrible had happened. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z To watch their usually happy, placid baby cry in pain was horrible. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It makes me sad that this horrible murder moved the Freedom Writers’ story to the back cover, while Jeremy’s got the front page. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z What had this kind man done to warrant such a horrible death? Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Turning my back to the horrible sight, I closed my eyes. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z As we got closer to the monsters, the sound of Charybdis got louder and louder—a horrible wet roar like the galaxy’s biggest toilet being flushed. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The locals began to realize how many horrible things happened to people who bought those good-luck charms or got paid with Queen Marie’s treasure. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She had charged into battle against her father with a horrible cut already sapping her strength. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z It sounded so horrible that I often thought Rev. Owens, our minister, would get up from his seat and stop the song. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Then JP said, “Sometimes I lie awake at night thinking about how horrible my life could be if you hated me,” and he added, “stalker.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z This is even more horrible than the choice to leave. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The infuriated Cloud-Men jumped up and ran after them along the cloud, pelting them mercilessly with all sorts of hard and horrible objects. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z At first Lyra thought it was another child, but coming from inside the semicircle was a horrible high wailing that wasn’t human at all. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There were all kinds of horrible stories about the woods. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the horrible thought came that maybe she would never go anywhere again at all, with or without anybody. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z A dark undertow threatened to pull her under, down to the horrible truth. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It could be, might be, still was, a horrible mistake. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The gore was horrible, and stays with me. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thank God you’re alive! The whole thing’s horrible. Horrible, horrible, horrible!” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Purple light threw horrible, ghostly shadows on the cabin walls, as if the specters were escaping right out of the fountain. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The first time someone broke into our place was pretty horrible. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z A horrible flailing monster of a noise comes out of me and then the whole disgusting night wants to come out of me too. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z It was an absolutely horrible night for a dog walk. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z She crawled faster now, like some horrible scuttling mutant spider. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z What horrible oranges, I paid half as much for better last week. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z How could anyone be so lucky as to have two fathers at this horrible time? The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z His face was twitching as though he was deeply asleep, but dreaming a horrible dream. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Black started to laugh, a horrible, mirthless laugh that filled the whole room. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z It’s in the same basement as my quinceañera, and when we walk down the stairs, I get flashbacks of that horrible night. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The horrible thing about the Two Minutes Hate was not that one was obliged to act a part, but that it was impossible to avoid joining in. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I could smell the gas from across the woods—the horrible smell of sulfur. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “It was a horrible thing to see, to watch the light leave his eyes. Believe me when I tell you that kind of violence was the work of a beast, Ekon.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The tactic had worked for Thomas earlier, and judging by the horrible screeching sound that escaped the first Griever, it had worked again. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z But what if she did, and it was so horrible for her that she never wanted to do so again? The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Now that she could see him properly, she was frightened of the boy almost more than the bear: he had a horrible wound: two of his fingers were missing. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The giant careened back into the junkyard, and his right hand fell off, landing in the scrap metal with a horrible CLANG! The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “I do love the art. It was horrible of him to accuse me of disrespect.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It has all these horrible pictures, most of which I’m pretty sure have nothing to do with vitiligo, and says all these bogus things that aren’t true. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z But in mid-June, 1906, the deep yawning hole that would swallow up Granny looked horrible, like it could suck me down. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z However horrible Cardan might be, I now see what he might become and am truly afraid. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Volta closed his eyes, and his words came out in a horrible squeal. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z They sit on death row in solitary confinement, waiting for the spiking fevers, horrible pain in the internal organs, brain strokes, and finally the endgame, with its sudden, surprising, uncontrollable gushes of blood. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d start talking about denial in their horrible, even voices like they knew they were right all along. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z As horrible as I was feeling about having to destroy Harmonee, it relieved me for a minute, just seeing him there. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “First thing in the morning, Parrelli got a call from a man in Pigeon Cove, complaining about a horrible fish odor coming from his neighbor’s yard,” Dad said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Hagrid was sitting at one of the other staff tables; he was back in his horrible hairy brown suit and gazing up at the top table. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z And wouldn’t it be horrible and terrifying to discover that all of this was part of some great clever plan by the Martians to divide and conquer us, and kill us? The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I mean, it was horrible, of course, painful and frightening, but . . . then there she was. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The room is horrible—let me say that now. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Ruth May choked out loud and made a horrible face. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But these impressions—that Count Olaf was a horrible person, and his house a depressing pigsty—were absolutely correct. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z “Because you killed that horrible and most feared beast, I have a prize for you,” he said. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z She was just a girl trying to get through a horrible summer. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “And you are wondering how someone could do something so horrible in my name.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “I am so horrible. Now I can believe that God might love the world, whatever it was like, because of himself.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He began to dance round the body, waving his boar-spear and uttering horrible shrieks. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “You look horrible!” she whispered in his ear. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried to forget those horrible images, overlay them with other ones. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “This kid has people who love him unconditionally. They understand what he did was a horrible, stupid, act,” he observes. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z His handwriting was horrible, so it took me a bit longer to read through his poems. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “Personally, I am not convinced that the school should reopen next year. The death of the headmaster at the hands of one of our colleagues is a terrible stain upon Hogwarts’s history. It is horrible.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “His men ride the forest; one of them tried to kill me. I saw the Horned King himself! It was horrible, worse than Dallben told me!” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z ‘Thank goodness I did not realize the horrible danger!’ said Frodo faintly. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “This suspense is a thousand times worse than the most horrible event; tell me what new scene of death has been acted, and whose murder I am now to lament?” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z And yet, knowing it was going to happen made it no less horrible. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Its cool, horrible presence crawled under her skin along her left arm. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z No one could, and the horrible creature devoured man after man until the city was in a state of siege. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The boulder finally gave way with a horrible grinding noise. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The sounds behind him were awful, horrible—he felt guilty for not helping. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Everything was horrible, people were evil, life was terrible. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z It’s selfish and horrible, but in this terrible moment, all I want is to be a plain old American teenager. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z All sorts of horrible ideas went through my head as Daddy and I ran for the front door. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you do not eat the stew-soup soon,” she said, “it will be more horrible. It will be cold. Now eat.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “It's sort of horrible. There's a Wendy's two exits down the interstate, in Milan. Wendy's is way better. They have, like, salads.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z The beast could be Puerto Rican all day long, it was still a horrible, lurking, festering... Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z In one horrible moment the last piece of the prophecy became clear. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Because I know you tell everyone about how horrible you think I am. You know, I hope you at least keep some things private.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She didn’t say how horrible it was or start saying, “No! No!” so I’d have to say it again. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “The gods demand that we make a horrible and bloody sacrifice.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She has the frightened, disbelieving eyes of someone who witnessed something horrible and is waiting for more horrors to come. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z ‘I have not spoken to the others about the Barrow. At first it was too horrible, and afterwards there were other things to think about. How do you know about it?’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Most of them were huddled together in groups, cowering as if they expected some horrible punishment from the new arrivals. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “They left for Chester in the dark of night. Warner has kin there. There was horrible screaming and carrying on. The youngest girl fell ill after an apprentice died.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The day has been so horrible, and for what? Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z As for me, hearing myself say it all out loud, one horrible fact after another, was almost too much. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Weary was crying because of horrible pains in his feet. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried hitting one backhand; the stroke was horrible; I returned to only whacking my forehand, my best stroke. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z To keep these horrible numbers from ruining the Pythagorean doctrine, the irrationals were kept secret. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Some you can see, misshapen and horrible, with huge heads or tiny bodies; some are born with no arms, no legs, some with three arms, some with tails or mouths in odd places. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Mustard gas, which had been used in World War I by both opposing fighting forces, was so horrible that it had been banned from warfare in the 1925 Geneva Gas Protocol. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z But then, he’s also the Dauntless who helped us end the attack simulation and saved Tris from a horrible death. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Mrs. Reilly saw again the horrible, coffee-stained lumber jacket that she had always secretly wanted to give to the Volunteers of America along with several other pieces of Ignatius’ favorite clothing. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was hollow and completely empty — but the moment Harry opened it, the most horrible noise, a loud and screechy wailing, filled the room. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The simulation is not intended to measure how well Maggie texts and drives, though the researchers confirm that she and other participants are horrible at it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It was horrible to watch, but impossible not to. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z But, locked in that dark, horrible world, Celaena only saw the ancient queen barrel into Cain, knocking him down, before the dead charged. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Joey blubbered out, “This is just like that horrible story Kenny read me about that guy Nar-sissy who stared at himself so long he forgot to eat and starved to death. Mommy, please save him!” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He was peaceful unless you took his scrap of quilt away, and then he became distressed and produced horrible, loud mooing noises until he got it back. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z It was the most horrible that there could be. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They expect us to dance, or at least jump, to this horrible rhythm! Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Her fingers toyed with the clouds and she imagined Sean striding up to her, releasing her from this horrible prison. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z In fact, Malcolm was still aching and a little dizzy, but the thought of lounging in the cave while Lyra was captive was too horrible to bear. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Frypan’s task was to take all the nonperishable food out of the kitchen and store it in the Homestead, in case they got trapped there—Thomas could only imagine how horrible that’d be. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The horrible spinning sensation had vanished, but it was hard to get words out. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The bulldog shook his face, curled up again with his back facing us, and then a horrible smell wafted up. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z I remember choking on nectar and pulp as the horrible bliss of the everapple stole over me, robbing me of caring even that I was dying. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It was all like this horrible dream he had sometimes. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I think about all the horrible things that happened the last time someone told me not to worry, but nod, just the same. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z A horrible thought came to me only just then. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “And I liked the characters. I even liked the horrible dad a little.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z “When a prince wandered into their...realm, Blancaflor saved him from her horrible father’s control.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z ‘This waiting is horrible! Surely the time is up?’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I can’t remember if either of these two were with the crowd who saw Chloe breaking up with me on that horrible day. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I couldn’t believe it — in the middle of this horrible experience, Jeffrey had thought of me and had even managed to find me a box of my favorite candy. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The noise was so horrible it woke me, and I realized I could still hear it from a mile away. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The shootings of thirty-three people at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia, on April 16,2007, were horrible and devastating. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It takes a little while, a horrible little while, for Manchee to find the scent again once we’re back in the woods but then he barks, “This way,” and we’re off again. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “And a great many glasses of horrible wine.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In the weird, terrifying, horrible experience of losing his memory and getting ripped out of his old life —Hazel and Frank were the bright spots. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The routine of the ship took on a horrible monotony. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z And most horrible was the pain in her head that had been getting worse all day. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z And even that wasn’t the full, horrible truth.... The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Mark did, desperate to get his mind occupied with something other than imagining every horrible scenario possible. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z For a horrible moment, he wondered if it contained his mother’s ashes, but that was impossible. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Amelia’s eyes get this really horrible hurt look, and start to well up. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z His form was horrible—elbows out, knees straight, ball held chest high. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Of course, she wanted to die on her own terms, not some horrible beast’s. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The stateroom was beautiful, and it was horrible. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “If Percy is telling the truth about the skeleton warriors,” she said, “we have no time to argue. They are the worst, the most horrible . . . We must leave now.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The crowd circled so thickly that I couldn’t see him anymore, and I was stuck through by my horrible imaginings of what was happening. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “No. It would be horrible to miss the wedding. The church.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z This horrible act is not representative of our school and our student body and will not be tolerated.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z What horrible things would you have to do in your life to get woven into Hades’s underwear? The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “I will if I have to,” Newt said, surprising Thomas; though he’d never talk about it, the older boy’s limp was a constant reminder that something horrible had happened to him out in the Maze. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He backed up slowly, pulling the wire with a horrible, grinding, screeching noise until snap!The wire parted. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The more horrible the crime, the more stunned, shocked, and dismayed is the tranquil city in which it happens; the more helpless are the citizens before it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The crowd hollered for blood, their voices and the stamping of their feet filling the room with a horrible drumming. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “I told you something horrible would happen. I told you and told you and told you!” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “It’s horrible out there. The desert could be dangerous.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “I know that I should be there to make sure my mom doesn’t say anything horrible to him. But I just...left.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Yeah. I’m positive there are horrible people in the world. But there are a lot of other people who are looking at you because they think you’re interesting.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Looking up,” Gronau said, “I saw the wheel move slowly. What can be the matter! What is this horrible noise!” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “You’ve been mad all this time because I picked my best friend? And you thought retaliating by calling us horrible and hurtful names would fix things?” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Everything seemed to go dizzy and ugly and horrible. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z But it was too horrible for either of us to come out and say. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I had never realized just how different I was until the day that horrible kid shouted about my arms having fallen off. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z After all, this hospital is full of people having poisonous chemicals pumped into their veins or submitting to horrible operations all so they can stay, but some of them will die anyway. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Underneath his voice was another, more horrible sound—an ancient, cold sound like metal scraping against rock. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z There we sat, draped like tired bridesmaids with our yards of white veil, numbed by the airplane’s horrible noise, skimming above the treetops. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I could tell by Vera’s hesitation in telling her husband those horrible things that it was Bodega who was really talking, through her. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z For all the horrible memories this place carries for me, it carries more for her, the walk to her execution, her brother’s betrayal, the fear serum. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z If he was not horrible to look at, then he was cruel to forbid her ever to behold him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Have you ever been in a cafeteria? It’s horrible.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z His eyes were riveted on mine; they were bright with a horrible relish. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I woke that night to a horrible sound, a full-throated screaming into the blackness, screecher loud. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z There was a time when Dad used to throw the live lobster in the pot, potentially suffering a horrible, slow death. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z If this had happened in Flint I would have investigated to find out what it was, but that horrible sun had sucked all the curiosity out of me. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a horrible dream but I got out of bed and wrote it all down and then I started to free associate. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The hit echoed in my gut—along with the horrible knowledge that everything was about to get worse. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z How I hated myself for remaining so long in that horrible world! Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z And everybody knew that losing my grandmother was horrible. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Linda was lying on the bed, sipping that horrible stinking mescal out of a cup. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Good guys don’t think the horrible stuff I do. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “Every time I try to sleep I start thinking about horrible things. Seeing Freddy. The cops and divers who kept pushing Bridget and my mom away. Reporters.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Yet he rewards them with a death that is not only sudden but horrible. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It was horrible, and it was the world. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z There followed the same horrible feast as before. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I shook my head and covered my eyes, attempting to remove the horrible images from my mind. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And then there were the actual lessons where they showed us horrible pictures of what smoking did to the insides of your body. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t hear anything, just a slithery noise. It made me feel strange. All prickly in my tummy. Like something horrible is going to happen.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z It was a horrible thought But then he reconsidered. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z It was heady, and horrible, and he didn’t want to think about it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “I’m horrible and beastly and no one can stand me.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z I’m frozen for a few precious moments, taking in this horrible scene, watching the inexorable march of the shamblers, when a strong grip on my arm jolts me out of my shock. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “She was a horrible math student in fifth grade. She cried every Saturday when we did remedial stuff. Huge tears and tears.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I grab the handle and for one horrible moment I think the door will be locked and I will have to wait and I cannot wait. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Our ancestors were so stupid and short-sighted that when the first reformers came along and offered to deliver them from those horrible emotions, they wouldn’t have anything to do with them.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “They say the poor boy still hasn't uttered a sound. I don't blame him. I can tell you, it's a horrible feeling suddenly landing in someone else's story.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Was there any place so horrible that she wouldn't go there to be with Park? Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z After twenty years, maybe they’d gotten used to the idea, but they still understood that it was a horrible fact to learn. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Then he got onto his second favorite thing to bump his gums about, slaves and what horrible beasts they is. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z No pet resembled the horrible, terrified thing Matt had seen in the hospital. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they visited the Apothecary, which was fascinating enough to make up for its horrible smell, a mixture of bad eggs and rotted cabbages. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z She wanted him around and now she wants him to go away, and even though she’s annoyed that he’s in her car, she also worries that this wanting-not-wanting makes her kind of horrible. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “The satyr, Grover Underwood. And the girl with the spiky black hair and the—how do you say—punk clothes and the horrible shield.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Linton recalls thinking: “I had a lot of sympathy for Reggie. I knew this was going to be horrible for him.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Mr. White reached out and grabbed Horace by the chin, trying to force him to look right into his horrible blank eyes. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “That thing told its mates to eat Harry and me! Told them to help themselves! And now Hagrid expects us to go down there and cry over its horrible hairy body!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Suddenly, I was struck by a horrible thought: is this what it's like? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It was making a horrible noise, a yowling, screeching scream. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z And into his mind burst the vision of an emaciated old man lying in rags upon a stone floor, screaming, a horrible, drawn-out scream, a scream of unendurable agony.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z His heaves echoed in the locker room as if he was choking, the sounds more horrible and violent than usual, but by now they had become reassuring, an encouraging vital sign. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “This has been the most horrible morning of my entire life,” he said, removing his hands from his face. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Or: Stop teasing me at school, because it’s horrible and I don’t like it. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He painted a horrible but masterful picture of Fascism’s aggression in Germany, Italy, and Japan. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Her photos are horrible, heads cut off, pictures of nothing, a table, a hand, a chair. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Pulled our coats up over our noses and got to work on the door of Julie’s cell, and we dragged its bewildered inhabitant out with us through that horrible room and into the corridor. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z It sounds horrible, I know, but a small part of me sees the girls in tears as eliminated competition. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Then he said, “It was horrible. Horrible. I totally failed them, even after I promised it would work out in the end. So why—” His voice caught. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Not horrible in an ugly way, but horrible in a sad, lonely way. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Harry was too busy digesting the horrible idea of Inferi to have much attention left for anything else, but as they reached the front gate, Dumbledore stopped dead and Harry walked into him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I know I was rude to him on Halloween, but I was in a horrible mood. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Lancelot took off his armour sadly, with an occasional crooked glance at the horrible tree, until he was dressed in his shirt and breeches. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The tentacle lost the battle and disappeared down the drain with a horrible sucking sound. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “For only such a horrible place could create such creatures who could burn a person with a flaming hot iron.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I could see she wasn’t in a horrible mood. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z You see it in the papers, parents doing horrible physical harm to their kids out of jealousy or spite or for attention— any number of reasons. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z She put her palms over her mouth as if that was all that would hold back the horrible, groaning, moaning, keening sound flooding out of her. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Kate was a sick ghost, crooked and in some way horrible. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I drop into my chair and glare at the one person horrible enough to do such a thing. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “It’s because I got my period. My first one ever. And it was horrible.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “And...Tony Costa told me about the horrible phantoms they have in the northern forests. I suppose they might be the same kind of thing.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z At that moment, however, a horrible gagging sound erupted behind him, and Aunt Petunia started to scream. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “I was horrible on the phone last night, and I understand if you hate me.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z The two cars had reached him, and for a horrible second, he found himself sandwiched between them, one on each side. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z It was horrible to know that he’d saved it in the first place, and kept it all that time.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Maybe you were laughing at how horrible the night was turning out. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z He said he couldn't imagine what kind of horrible person would steal from homeless children. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z So much happened today: the hidden camera, and Ollie, and the horrible red glow of the barren stage at the theater. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The air reeks something horrible, a combination of carrion, rotting eggs, and Cadets’ quarters in high summer. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “What a horrible idea! No, the officers decide where to assign recruits. If we were divided according to god, the cohorts would be all uneven. I’d be alone.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z This event—the big bang—was a horrible idea to many scientists and philosophers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The effects of the depression were bad everywhere, but in the black ghetto they were horrible, Mr. Muhammad told me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “See you later. If Dad calls, tell him he’s got horrible timing.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I should be glad that his life sucks, maybe worse than mine, even though he’s a prince of Faerie and a horrible jerk and probably going to live forever. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Tally pulled back into the darkness, trying to ignore the horrible feeling that she was a spy, a sneak, for not surrendering to the woman’s authority. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Like other Germans, the boys had heard horrible whispers about places like Dachau. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “As an adult, you know these things occur, horrible tragedies,” he says. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The woman pulled back enough for someone’s flashlight to reveal her features—pale, wrinkly skin covered in horrible sores, oozing with pus. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z It was like some horrible nightmare where she was walking the red carpet of a fancy movie premiere in an aluminum-foil hat and rubber-duckie rain boots, and why was this happening to her? Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I told them the horrible slavery-trade troths that they never knew. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She thinks we’ll walk up to our friends and say, “Do you want to know a horrible secret?” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Everything here is horrible and sad and life is not worth living. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “But anything you have to say about this horrible business can be said to me, I’m sure!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Silver stopped short in fear and the crow seemed to dance before him, its great black wings flapping in a horrible commotion. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Who is the horrible child that did this?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Many coiling arms seized the doors on either side, and with horrible strength, swung them round. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She dodged one set of slashing fangs and tumbled under another, weaving through the dragons heads as she ran in our direction, gagging from the monsters horrible breath. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Just like that, the sharp, horrible fragments of a memory returned to her like pieces of broken pottery. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I am a horrible person for doing this to Jeff Garnet. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Everything in her wanted to be away from this horrible man. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The hotel was excel lent—incomparably better, for example, than that horrible Aurora Bora Palace in which Lenina had suffered so much the previous summer. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Then among the greater casts there fell another hail, less ruinous but more horrible. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I’ve done terrible, horrible things to these lips in the privacy of my bathroom. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “It’s just too horrible. In my sponge bag. My sponge bag. A great knife—all over blood.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “The last time we told, it was horrible!” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t even ask him. He sounds as though he has a horrible cold.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z When the bombing occurred, Hale had been in Texas, and he now saw the charred detritus of the house, which resembled a wreckage of war—“a horrible monument,” as one investigator called it. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I think Mom caves on what she calls horrible junk food because I always eat my veggies—well, except for carrots. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “I know Dr. C was horrible to you,” she said. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z There was a horrible smell: his own hair. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The figure descended, becoming clearer and more horrible. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Though it’s horrible, I’m glad I know about 9/11. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z What kind of horrible person could she be? The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I also knew he was a silent witness to the horrible scene. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z What happened with the Resistance that was so horrible she can’t speak of them without stuttering and convulsing? An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I dash for my trailer, tears blurring my vision while the horrible sound and image of Soheil on that fence engraves itself onto my brain and my heart. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Because in the far back corner of my mind, a horrible part of me is glad that I can watch the rest of the game in peace. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z There was a horrible smell in the kitchen the next morning when Harry went in for breakfast. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Funny how a word could be welcome in one way and horrible in another. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z There was a horrible crack as Fedu's fist connected with her jaw, striking her with an inhuman strength. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z A horrible thought struck Harry, as horrible thoughts always do when you’re very nervous. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z She made a horrible face at the pan and gave it a vicious shake. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “You were horrible,” another guy says from his spot in front of the TV. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “It was horrible,” said Neville, in a higher voice than usual. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z What was the most horrible, sickening thing of all? 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “Ignore her. She knows one sentence, and she says it day and night. The monotony of her request is too horrible to bear.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z “Just thinking about those horrible thieves makes my heart race,” she moans, pressing her hand to her chest. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hurry up, Remus,” snarled Black, who was still watching Scab-bers with a horrible sort of hunger on his face. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The cat could’ve been a demon or a horrible Underworld monster in disguise. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Broken fingers went unset, horrible cuts went untreated and led to all manner of sickness. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I might not like her, but I wouldn’t leave her horrible notes. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Somebody grabbed the bag and ran away with it, leaving Anne in that horrible situation. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “It was horrible. They hated me,” I say. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z She has pasted on a horrible rictus of a smile, but at least she has enough self-possession for that. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She only saw the flames, the horrible sign. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She strove to fill her thoughts with a more powerful emotion than fear or the horrible apprehension of what was to come. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “You know, Uncle Jack, you’re handsome in a horrible sort of way.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I knew some things, some horrible things, about my grandfather. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Circe and Medea are the only witches and they are young and of surpassing beauty—delightful, not horrible. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Annabeth had a horrible feeling this might be the last time Reyna and she ever acted in agreement, but together they ran down the hill. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “What was”—Chubs was having a hard time breathing— “that horrible noise?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The two people I need to get in touch with, the two people who most need to hear this most horrible news, are not here. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z She’d forced her family to cut short their vacation, agreed to go to a horrible school, and flown a helicopter into a monster battle just to see me. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Potions lessons were turning into a sort of weekly torture, Snape was so horrible to Harry. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Luminous these were too, beautiful and yet horrible of shape, like the demented forms in an uneasy dream; and they gave forth a faint sickening charnel-smell; an odour of rottenness filled the air. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Whenever I stopped praying, the buzz of the locusts grew horrible in my ears. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She remembered the long, horrible pain and hallucination that she’d suffered at the spur of the Chevalier Tialys, and didn’t envy the two men their waking up. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z They grinned from pikes at the back of the stands and hung on chains from the ceiling like horrible chandeliers. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z It was pitch-black and smelled horrible: Harry had just made out a chamber pot protruding from under the bed before Bathilda closed the door and even that was swallowed by the darkness. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I’m at the top of the second page when it dawns on me that this letter I’m writing is kind of a horrible burden. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z He thought about destroying this horrible prison for sea creatures. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I want this horrible thing out of my body and my mind, and I don't want to touch it anymore. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Think of the books Hugh Crain hacked apart to make this. Now here is a Goya etching; a horrible thing for a little girl to meditate upon.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z “I told you he was horrible,” Roza said, only recognizing the cruelty of her words as she said them. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Otto was finally ready to hear if his most recent and horrible deduction was true. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I want to say something to calm her, make her feel a little less horrible, but a tiny black fish-eye camera attached to the ceiling distracts me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z ‘Oh, Bob ... it was . . . horrible. Never mind, my darling, it’s all over now. She’s gone . . . back ... to where she came from . . . forever. Now we can truly be together, without fear. Clinch. The End. Oh, puke!” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He walks back across the room, knife in one hand, a glass of brandy in the other, and turns swiftly on his heel, letting the knife fly once more, aiming for that horrible word. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Cecilia let out another horrific scream before she yelled back at us, “Don’t laugh at me! You horrible brats! You have no respect for authority! But don’t think you’re going to get away with this!” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z But if Sam pursued him, the other orc might do some horrible deed up there. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “Ma, what’s the horrible noise?” came the startled voice of a baby opossum. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z This fresh blow coming swiftly upon my masquerade of the night before was ironic, and rather horrible. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “You’re lying. You couldn’t have-. . .” His free reddened as a horrible possibility occurred to him. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Chuck Parson was pretty horrible in all those years before he’d been reined in. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Mom turns up her stereo even louder with her horrible eighties music, and I give up on sleeping. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “It’s not that hard. Instead of seeing us as these horrible words, see us as people. My name is not commie or chink or dog eater or North Korean spy. My name is Junie.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z It was a horrible time for Kate to show up, but she did just then, innocently rounding the corner of the chicken house. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Then he called Brandon one of the dirty, horrible, vile names that had been scrawled in the vandalized yearbook. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “I know what it’s like to be yelled at very time I open my mouth. It’s horrible.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He gripped the plant just enough to slow him down as he slid to the ground, ignoring the horrible burn. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z If he chooses to lie hidden, he may baffle us for years; and in the meantime!—the thought is too horrible, I dare not think of it even now. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z It was like our family had come down with a horrible, incurable disease or something. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z With the power of her eyes alone she had compelled a glass of water to tip and spill its contents over the horrible Headmistress, and anybody who could do that could do anything. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z It was good to know it was on the air, even if all the news being broadcast was horrible. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “Why, so I can feel horrible all over again?” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z It’s funny how you can let yourself forget for seconds, how even in the heat of the horrible you can have moments when you fool yourself into thinking it might all be okay. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z He told me about his will, his life insurance policy, all of those horrible businesslike things that feel so inappropriate to think about when someone has died.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z They had made a horrible roaring fire in one end of the church. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to be there, to see the horrible event. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I dreamed of myself, limping beside him, laughing that high, horrible cackle. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Slowly, we are working our way towards that treacherous past, the horrible crime, the waste of young lives, the throbbing heart of the wound. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My head aches, and my gut feels horrible. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z I wonder what it feels like to be so unaffected that you can laugh even when horrible things are happening. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “Or that horrible woman when she got stung in the bum by a bee!” said Enoch. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z His visor was a full face mask fashioned like a gorgon’s head—curved tusks, horrible features pinched into a snarl, and golden snake hair curling around the face. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I’m sure they could get it out again if they really wanted to, but it was heavy and horrible and I can’t think why they’d want to. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to get anywhere close to that horrible black mausoleum, but I knew what I had to do. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Now he would truly leave and I would be lost in this horrible place, and there was no telling what Madam Lockton might do to Ruth in my absence. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z It must be something really horrible, or Filch wouldn’t be sounding so delighted. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Psyche did not fall in love with a horrible wretch, she did not fall in love at all. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z And then he lands, and it’s horrible, awful, because the hit and the landing instantly turn the animal—beautifully alive and running across the road just a moment ago—into a gruesome, bent corpse. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Had the visitor left another, more horrible visitor behind? The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z How can it be that today, in the face of 12’s horrible demise, we are too angry to even speak to each other? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It made a horrible loud noise and spewed ugly black smoke over the beautiful lake. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Until that moment, as horrible as the disaster had sounded to Alex, it had still felt far away and distant, across the river. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z You curse and scream, and say the most horrible things. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “I warned them they had to check out those new-free folks better, and now somebody’s accidentally toted some of those horrible creatures up here.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The white kids stared at me in the cafeteria as I gobbled down the horrible school lunch. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Esperanza had told him that a man named Guillermo was responsible for that; her parents could study the science behind those plants, but were horrible at any gardening themselves. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He understood that sometimes you did things out of necessity, things that were horrible, or underhanded at best, things you wouldn’t do if you had a choice. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Now I found out I’d nearly destroyed the Northwest U.S. and almost woken the most horrible monster ever imprisoned by the gods. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Horrible, horrible gangsters! They cut off people’s ears and things!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The shock was horrible, and he instantly felt even more vulnerable, not knowing where it had gone. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Everyone was protecting me and it was horrible. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered what was so horrible about me and why I had been rejected again. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I wanted to shoo the dogs away, to tell them that what they were debating of eating was horrible filth and would make them sick, or, possibly, die. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s horrible to see her, like walking out of the best movie ever into some same old afternoon. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “And you have been a gift to me as well, Amari. I’m glad we were together for this horrible journey.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Immediately, her body is seized by wild contortions and she falls to the ground in a horrible dance. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “You really must write about the horrible things the British did in Kenya,” Olanna said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z "Horrible, it was horrible," Otis Amber said with a shudder that sent the loose straps of his leather aviator's helmet swinging about his long, thin face. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t feel bad about missing all the horrible stuff—the tributes, the look back at the shattered graduating class. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Amma knows I like her to tell us stories while we eat to take our minds off the horrible food. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z They had not gone more than a few yards when from behind them came a sound, startling and horrible in the heavy padded silence: a gurgling, bubbling noise, and a long venomous hiss. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The doll was naked, with horrible words scratched into its plastic skin. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Tell me why you moved to Calypso. You hardly talk about your family, and when you do, it’s all horrible.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “I don’t think so. She said she worked at a horrible night-club and that everyone there thought that some creepy guy kidnapped her and sold her overseas into white slavery. But really she escaped.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z It was much more horrible afterward than when it was happening. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “It’ll be worse if you don’t. My gran sent me one once, and I ignored it and” — he gulped — “it was horrible.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “It’s dead, it’s dead,” Olive cried, “the horrible hollow is dead!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z As the waiter walked away, Ifemelu said, “Those frozen things taste horrible.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Her mother would step into the fissure and touch that horrible spire—and she would be absorbed. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z But a kind that looks at a horrible situation and doesn’t crumble. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z They pack the trunk quickly, and climb in, but the car has not gone a foot before it lurches forward with a horrible hobble. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z It was only the glint of the sun and the sight of the grass slicing itself in half that revealed the horrible truth. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z He had used the power of the Uncles, of nature and animals and streams and flowers, a sacred power, for truly horrible things. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z In contrast to the horrible stench that was growing stronger by the minute, he remembered the fragrance of her when she had kissed him goodbye. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The smell coming from the well is horrible. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Disdainfully it wiped a fastidious paw across its soiled tongue and spat as if trying to rid itself of a horrible taste. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It is horrible; there is no way to describe how horrible, having this grief and this shame and this responsibility and having it be so public. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z And then a voice—a voice with that horrible little lisp, a voice that chilled me like no other—said, “Oh, I don’t think so.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Every sliding shadow, each creak and crack, sent her mind spinning off into a thousand horrible visions. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Fred and George had been using it for years without anything horrible happening.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z That sickness is old age; and a horrible disease it is. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z There were evidently several opinions about how he actually killed his victims, but the suggestions Meggie overheard grew more and more horrible the closer evening came, until she could bear it no longer. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z They pounded on the sides of the vehicle as if they wanted to get on, wanted to escape whatever horrible lives they were living. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Hopefully it was just Mummy coming in to put my clothes away and not to wake me to see some horrible auntie who stopped by because she clearly has no sense of time or propriety. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It was only by a horrible effort of will that I had dragged myself through the first half of the year. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z A sharp crack echoed from within the Maze, followed by the horrible sound of crumpling metal. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She kept pushing, her hands enmeshed in the haint’s horrible rubbery flesh, the stench of death and fresh paint suffocating her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z So, basically, Chas’s most horrible night in his life had just gotten worse. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Then he says, his voice low and quiet, “I know the kind of people who do horrible stuff like hang nooses.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “I did a horrible job!” she said, laughing. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Waking up was horrible, because for a disoriented moment I felt like everything was fine, and then it crushed me anew. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “You have taken this horrible game very seriously and you have done well because you are doing your duty,” she told the members of the court. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The worst idea in the history of horrible, terrible, awful ideas. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I pack my best pencils and feel a horrible ache in my heart when I leave all my acrylics and brushes in the corner. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z You can already feel it, can’t you, in all this happiness, that some horrible darkness perched outside the houses watching Aziz. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z That night, writing in his logbook, a frustrated Ulbrickson tore them apart: “horrible,” “every man for himself,” “no semblance of teamwork,” “have gone to sleep entirely,” “too much criticism,” “need the old morale.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “It was horrible not having you around this summer, Jenna,” I said. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Who would want to carve such a horrible thing? Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Hanako realized that the only thing worse than this horrible hot soup would be the same soup when it was cold. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z As Digory said afterward, the horrible meanness of getting at a chap in that way, almost made him sick. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z “I don’t care! I’m not going. You don’t know where the boat goes. You don’t know what’s out there. It could be horrible. Out there.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z They mark special occasions, write horrible poetry, sketch things that are beautiful or grotesque, or just rant. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z The Underdowns took him on as a project because his family all got killed in some horrible way they love to hint at but never exactly tell. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Long after the enemy had retreated from sight, Clarisse kept riding up and down the avenue with her horrible trophy, demanding that Kronos meet her battle. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “It’s only horrible if you see it that way,” Morrie said. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was horrible to watch: Malcolm had to close his eyes. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I always forget how horrible the second half of the year leading up to the pageant is. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Astonished and bewildered, the children on the roof felt all the aggression leave them in a moment, and horrible fear rushed in to take its place. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Most stood by watching the yellow-orange flames leaping from roof to roof and listening to the horrible crackle pop of dry pine being consumed. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z “These?” said Wemmick, getting upon a chair, and blowing the dust off the horrible heads before bringing them down. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z He imagined the bricks of his wall coming together, forcing out that horrible voice. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Bigwig, still trailing his horrible, smooth peg, staggered up to him and touched his nose with his own. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Malachy says the smell is gorgeous but when Mam comes back she says What’s that horrible stink? and wants to know why our heads are suddenly greasy. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Am I really awake, or am I having a horrible dream?’ is a question we seriously asked ourselves many times. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Basically, he heard Jack bad-mouthing him and saying really horrible things behind his back. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z There was a horrible screech of pain and everybody looked around, terrified, to see Susan Bones of Hufflepuff wobbling in her hoop with her left leg still standing five feet away where she had started. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The Voice took over, giving Hazel orders, putting her to work on their horrible project. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I felt horrible for getting us into such a mess, and I was furious at myself for letting her come along. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z It’s a horrible way to ask someone to risk their life for you. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I’m staring at the note for a weirdly long time, and then I get this taste in my mouth, a horrible taste of something much worse than Mr. Landau’s chemical ribbon. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The horrible armies were on the point of joining battle, to dispute the imaginary boundary between their glass trays when Merlyn came to his rescue. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s also a horrible school picture of me—where did they find that? Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z She could think of a lot of horrible reasons to explain why no one had come back. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The next moment, she found herself flipped over on her back and pinned underneath a huge, powerful, heavy thing that sent down a horrible stink. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Yet just the fact that it was a cage made it horrible. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z It was the perfect drawing to help her forget about how horrible her birthday had been so far. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “What did he say? He said some pretty horrible things to me, too.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z It was like a horrible dream where you tried to scream but no sound came. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Charlie takes a pretend shot at the ground and makes a horrible mooing sound. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z “I hate this place. I dunno what it is, but it’s horrible.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z These horrible folk destroyed all Odysseus’ ships except the one he himself was in—which had not yet entered the harbor when the attack was made. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The rip in the Noise, as big and horrible as life itself, I can hear it a little bit away, behind the Spackle buildings, behind some bushes. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “Look, use your head. We wouldn’t be down here unless something horrible happened up there. In the city.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z As I’m walking to my next class, I hear things like, “So horrible,” or “I’m sorry, but she’s hideous,” or “Why doesn’t she get braces?” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Take me with you. You cannot mean to leave me in this horrible place. It is killing me.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Then a shove at my shoulders and the horrible shock of cold water closing over me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Then a really horrible thought popped into my brain. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Sure ’nough, there, sitting astride his horse not ten yards from us, was Cap’n Buck, his eyes crinkling up in a horrible smile! The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z She sounded kind of impressed, despite the horrible things Daedalus had done. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The horrible sound of the brakes being pulled, coupled with the metallic screech of the wheels against the rails, made it seem like the whole station was about to collapse around him. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z The other students uttered the most horrible things about the colored population of Boston, about their smell, their intellectual deficiencies, their primitive drives. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He wasn’t sure why he wanted to wake her up, only that it seemed horrible to see her so changed. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It feels good to say something horrible about him, out loud, in public, after all the humiliation I’ve felt since his return. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Show me the light so I can be saved from being such a horrible brother? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve just felt so destructive all week. It’s awful. I’m horrible.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z It’s as horrible a joke as it probably reads, really shameful. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z And then again until it became a single sound, a single ongoing horrible groan. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z She always pulls me away and says that she’s sure in ten years we’ll find out that it causes horrible diseases. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z “Right in here. In fact, now I think of it, it was right where you’re standing. It was the most horrible thing I ever saw. It was indescribable. How old d’you think I am, eh?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Dude, Joey, she does horrible things to me. Trust me. I know she’s a witch or something.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It feels like I’ve done something so horrible that my own mom had to get up and leave me. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z My stomach kind of hurt because I felt horrible that things were changing so fast between us. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z They drove away leaving that name, Castor, hanging in the air like some horrible apparition, like the key to a lock, like the solution to an unsolved crime. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s horrible she said to Theodora, “it’s wicked wanting to cry. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z I heard her describe the horrible ordeal she went through. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Knitted together as they were, a horrible day for one woman would inevitably become a horrible day for everyone. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “You’re telling me you have actually been tasked to help the Pandavas? What is this, your penance for committing so horrible a sin?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It was a sight horrible to the eyes and killing to the spirit. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The horrible thing is that I like this part, because when it’s over I know I’ll be warm; I’ll have the warmth in me of a body having just been through a trauma. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “No, child. This is just the beginning of many nights of horrible humiliation. I feel that this journey will be very long.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “They—they don’t kill witches, do they?” said Tendai, who remembered some horrible stories. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Travis said in a horrible British accent, imitating his mom’s favorite cooking reality show host from the Food Network. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z It tasted horrible, bitter and hot, and Joseph drank it all. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Hagrid had honored the occasion by wearing his best, and horrible, hairy brown suit. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She was a horrible cook and never would have stood for some white lady telling her what to do all day. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The snake, on the other hand, was curled up on the rotting hearth rug, like some horrible travesty of a pet dog. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Even though I hated Minos, it was pretty horrible to watch. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “So what you’re saying is that I look horrible, but the alternative would be much worse?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I was able to persuade them it was a horrible idea, and we went to the movies instead. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Anyway, so what everyone thinks happened is that Julian said something horrible about Auggie to Jack. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z This was unhelpful, as they were still tending the horrible skrewts and needed their wits about them. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She thought of a thousand horrible things she wanted to say, but she couldn’t. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Our Father finally caught on, nobody was understanding his horrible stabs at French or Kikongo, either one. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Perseus found, as Hercules was later to find, that a lovely maiden had been given up to be devoured by a horrible sea serpent. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She was sorry she’d had a horrible, horrible, horrible day, but she shouldn’t have taken it out on her mother. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z But it was hard to think of the little girl as a horrible witch. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z On Tuesday I realize I am a horrible person. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “She’s horrible to us when she visits, and her daughter Ana isn’t much better. It’s no wonder she can’t find a husband.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In her daily life, Terryl came across a lot of horrible situations. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Doc: "I know this is horrible for you. Don't try to look, Nicole. If you have to, look at your mother. That's right, close your eye and hold Mom's hand. Hold it tight." Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z This hadn’t been such a horrible day after all. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z “Suddenly I was aroused from these thoughts by a most horrible noise,” he said. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Not after last month, when she’d had that horrible encounter with her mom and gotten the worst present of her life.... The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When I peer inside, some part of me expects to see Poe sitting in there, looking up at me as I pass by, like this was all a horrible dream. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z She stood and stumbled a few steps before she collapsed onto the floor, making horrible retching noises, convulsing violently before falling still. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Her leg was in horrible shape, and she had sustained some ragged slashes on her side. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “A horrible and bloody sacrifice,” Marshall and Elizabeth repeated dutifully, but Elizabeth’s voice quavered a little and Marshall leaned over and poked his sister. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He passed people with horrible burns, their faces swollen, their blackened skin hanging in strips. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In a way, that terrible episode became not only the precursor but also the symbol for all the horrible viciousness that would follow. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z It had a garish print made up of dying heroes, horrible tortures, and lions eating slaves in the Colosseum. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It is so fatally easy to make young children believe that they are horrible. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Or maybe I do. I betrayed you, and I feel horrible about it” “The Smoke wasn’t going to last forever, Tally. Whether you turned us in or not” “I didn’t turn you in!” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Fifth period has become this horrible little slice of hell where the volume in my head is turned up. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z But mostly, right at this moment, she cried for the horrible pain Kiyoshi must have felt the day the bomb fell. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He got everything he wanted, but at a horrible price. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Far from grand but not too horrible, either, like a pebble underneath your sock that’s not quite large enough to bother removing. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Always alone. Always misunderstood. Easy to turn bitter, make horrible mistakes. People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can’t be fixed.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Listen, I want to tell you I’m sorry about what I said at the mall. It was horrible of me.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The Musical was a horrible idea all along. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Which words I’d use to explain the horrible thing I did. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Worse than that, they might be on their way down south to some horrible fate. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Thomas flailed his arms and legs, knocking away the horrible metallic arms as he kicked at the pulsating blubber of the Grievers’ bodies—he only wanted to be stung, not taken like Dave. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z It was horrible, and she gagged as she swallowed it, but she ate it all. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The taxi slammed against the guardrail and skidded along with a horrible grinding noise. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z A lot Anyway, here’s what I wrote: Having a brother is horrible. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Every moment he was a different monster, each more horrible than the last Looking at his face would’ve driven me insane, so I focused on his body, which wasn’t much better. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He looked at Ethan and the telkhines with those horrible golden eyes, as if he were a newborn baby, not sure what he was seeing. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Oh, Jeth, it’s horrible to be so young. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z It was horrible and horrifying, yet I could not tear myself away. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z His wand was telling him he was bang on course; as long as he didn’t meet anything too horrible, he might have a chance. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Penny was used to things falling off my chair, so she couldn’t know I was being just plain horrible. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z A horrible idea had just occurred to him, and he had to warn Chacho before anything else happened. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Claire, I am not sending any love to you because you are a horrible person right now. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z He had thrust the whole thing back of him, and there it lay, monstrous and horrible. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Ignatius, all at once you’re your old horrible self. All at once I think I’m making a very big mistake.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was horrible here, like being buried alive, and it took all his strength to force himself on. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z He actually did start taking baths and leaving his horrible hat at home, praise the Lord. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Human beings are capable of so many wondrous things, but there’s no limit to the horrible things we do to one another. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I feel horrible because I got into trouble for no good reason. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z The creature opened its mouth to make another horrible scream, and Matt suddenly knew who it looked like. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The animal's squeals were high and horrible, almost human in their distress. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They waded or crept in one after another while the horrible clucking continued and overhead the swallows, alerted to a feast of insects, dipped and soared. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In the past, whenever she’d felt horrible, she’d just have a giant gossip fest with Poppy, but now when she needed her most, Poppy was too busy with her coven to care. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z There was something sensual and horrible the way he put his mouth to the glass. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He had expected something horrible—a skull, perhaps, or a bundle of snakes. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Windows shattered, smoke poured in with a horrible smell. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was horrible, exhausting, awkward, embarrassing-but also, by the end, a huge relief. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The way she told it, moving from one village to another was horrible, humiliating, and something she would never do again. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z It's a sick and horrible story but right now, I'd rather kill Hangman that way than let him kill me tomorrow morning. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Roza edged away from the fireplace, from the horrible painting over it, like an animal sidesteps a snake. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z What a horrible first date that depressed loner would make. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z I know it makes me a horrible person, but after Ellis’s grossness this morning, I kinda wish it was still there. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z It was so horrible that for a second I couldn’t look at it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Never have to feel this horrible pain again. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z For so many years, Ucho and I had been on the opposite sides of a river filled with horrible currents of misunderstanding. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z It could only be a horrible thing that would cause the Council to revoke a sage’s status. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “That had better be my Annushka and not some horrible bureaucrat!” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “Oh, darling, don’t be a horrible wet blanket,” Mrs. X said to him. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z And then, “Last night was my first night in Opportunity Hall. And I couldn’t sleep at all. I feel horrible.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z But the feeling Colin had was some horrible opposite of crying. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z For a long time, he never said anything to me about it, but between that and the swelling in his face from all the steroids he was taking, he was looking horrible. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Even as I said these things, I realized with a kind of horrible, seeping awareness that he was right. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, almost overnight, scores of them were seized with the same horrible symptoms as their white neighbors. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “Well, a cat is a horrible thing with a long tail. It’s covered with fur and has bristling whiskers and when it fights it makes fierce, spiteful noises. It’s cunning, see?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes would drop slowly from the swinging light to the laden table by the wall and then jerk back to the light again and he gave out incessantly his high horrible call. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “Grace told me I was being a horrible friend, and she was right.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Even if Pet was right and something horrible lived in his house, right now Redemption was there, and he was okay. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “Oh, I had the most horrible dream,” she said. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z But Harry had a horrible feeling that the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures had had its mind made up for it by Mr. Malfoy. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “It’s not that I want to eat their horrible lunch anyway, but this is ridiculous. Don’t you have any sunscreen in your bag?” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Out of the formless stream of sad but horrible sounds, strings of words would now and again shape themselves: grim, hard, cold words, heartless and miserable. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I have thought up a horrible dream to impute to Hrothgar. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z They also screamed as the salt water was thrown on them, and then they were forced to perform the same horrible dance. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z But I decide she's not crying about that, because she has a horrible burn on her arm and she picks at it as she weeps. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I’d rather be shot dead than face such a horrible, prolonged death! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I had one horrible vision of him walking straight out into the Bay until he was swallowed up. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She had a horrible feeling that explaining it to Percy and Jason wouldn’t change anything. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But I can’t stop this horrible feeling, and it grows inside me. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “The poor toilet’s never had anything as horrible as your head down it — it might be sick.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “The omens are horrible\\ This is a trick, a deception. Beware Greeks bearing gifts!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She felt like herself again as soon as he touched her, and it was horrible. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “You know what it means. All these horrible things I see?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “I saw him in a dream, and . . .” Suddenly a horrible thought dawned on me. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “She has to touch both sides of the doorframe like 10 times before she can walk through the door. She says if she doesn’t touch it, something horrible will happen to her kids.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He was reminded of words he had heard a few weeks ago, words that had a horrible and particular meaning to him: Neither can live while the other survives... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z My poor lover was tormented, forced into exile, given horrible tasks to prove her worth. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He thinks it’s horrible that my parents didn’t videotape Mr. Neck’s class or stick up for me the way his folks did. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z A man began to scream, high-pitched and horrible. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt like someone—something—was looking for me right now, maybe pounding its way up the stairs, growing long, horrible talons. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z She said it in that nice-lady, true way again, and for one horrible second, I wished that she were my mother. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Needless to say, the idea of leaving them was horrible, but it was the only thing I could do, as it made no sense for me to commit suicide. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Chas started to say something, and I could tell it was going to be horrible, too. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Behind her, Fayge tried to sidestep so as not to bump into her, stumbled, fell, and began to roll faster and faster downhill until she hit the bottom with a horrible thudding sound. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Averting his eyes from this unpleasant sight, Harry saw a gigantic, hairy brown suit and a very horrible yellow-and-orange tie hanging from the top of Hagrid’s wardrobe door. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “It was just horrible. So spidery. I’ve never had such a spidery nightmare in my entire life.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z It seemed like a long time before the seagulls were able to pull the peach away from that horrible rainbow-cloud. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Mom wanted Mbandaka, I guess in honor of what the city had gone through, but I refused; I couldn’t think about that horrible place every time I saw this sweet little bonobo. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Harry didn’t see how he could — yet he sometimes had the horrible feeling that Snape could read minds. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Ella made a horrible, painful wail like she was being burned. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z With a horrible shriek, it landed in front of Ku-Ang, its foul smell making him flinch. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Leo couldn’t see what she was looking at, but it was obviously something horrible. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Why were you messing with that horrible thing?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Thomas felt his blood turn to icy slush as he realized that the horrible sound came from the wooden building. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He shuddered and said no more, leaving Merry to tell of those last horrible moments: the pawing hands, the hot breath, and the dreadful strength of Grishnákh’s hairy arms. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Tom raged crazily through the hills like a lion in horrible pain. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z How could something that horrible happen to two children? The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Before I even knew where I was, I found myself pulled along by somebody’s hand in the dark and a horrible fiery sting sloshing up my calves. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Inej was glad she didn’t have time to dwell on the unwelcome familiarity of the silks on her skin, the horrible tinkling of the bells on her anklets. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z And as he often did, he imagined that his dad was still alive, that it had all been some horrible mistake, a mix-up in the hospital, mistaken identity. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z None of them imagined that a horrible ordeal was drawing nigh. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “That they think Pakistan is this horrible place.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z It never seemed fair to me that she stuck me with such a horrible name and went through life with such a pretty one herself. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z As for me, I was always the perfect big brother for Jeffrey, the silent microwave-oven mate that my dad seemed to want, and completely sarcastic and horrible to my mom. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z "No," I said, "but it isn't nice anyway. If she was decent and nice enough to let you--" "Must we pursue this horrible trend of thought?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z With that, the horrible Bloodbottling Giant strode out of the cave. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean that. It's just...I can’t sleep. Look at me. I look horrible,” she says. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z That I never had a real interest in her until she died because I’m a horrible and selfish human being? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z My school that year was different from the one I had attended for those few horrible weeks of sixth grade. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z There’s a strange moment in time, after something horrible happens, when you know it’s true but you haven’t told anyone yet. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “My mother isn’t exactly the most patient person in the world, so I’m sorry. She’s been horrible to you. I’ll do my best to be more respectful.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z For someone who'd recently died a horrible death, she seemed surprisingly cheerful. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I couldn’t bear hearing or reading about the bombing details and Denise’s horrible death once again. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z When Rabscuttle came back, he helped El-ahrairah to disguise his horrible, maimed head with two dock leaves in place of ears, and after a while they slept. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z His date kept saying to him, "How horrible . . . Don't, darling. Please, don't. Not here." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z “The body odor of other prisoners also was horrible. Everything in this camp stunk and was filthy.” Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z “So what do you and Jamie talk about? How horrible you think I am?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It’s a horrible trick, the sense that her value is being sucked down the drain, like when the plug is pulled from the tub and the dirty water goes down. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z After I took the book back to my room, I was heading to the barn when I heard a horrible noise, almost like a scream, but not human. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z But they had to do something to him, and everyone waited grimly to see what horrible thing it would be. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z "Oh, it was so horrible! It was...it was like something that was going rotten!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z As I walk home, I try my best not to think about how horrible my day was. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Not horrible, but a far cry from my goal. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I realized why: It was because I had never seen those horrible things happen myself. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The Trivium, who had discovered a mound of pebbles which needed counting, followed no more, but stood at the edge shaking his fist, shouting horrible threats, and promising to rouse every demon in the mountains. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z “They don’t want to stay inside that horrible little tin.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z I have never slept during a class, though, and I was honestly afraid that if I did, two horrible things would happen. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He was deathly pale, just like a waxen image, and the red eyes glared with the horrible vindictive look which I knew too well. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Then Suba disappeared one day, and soon after, so did the horrible teacher. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Her words were hammering at my brain, the horrible syllables were beating the air around me, the whole place was full of their sound. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z His arms ached, his back ached, his heart ached; the thought of setting off again over the unforgiving water was horrible, even if there’d been no CCD boat searching for them. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z This was all a horrible nightmare, and he couldn’t wake up. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A horrible feeling struck Doha deep in his gut. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z It is truly horrible to understand yourself as the essential below of your country. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Closing his eyes, gripping Dumbledore’s arm as tightly as he could, he stepped forward into that feeling of horrible compression. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z His form was horrible, but he eventually made his way to Felix, who rewarded him with a hug and gave him a break from frantic paddling. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s take a ride,” I said to break the horrible tension. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z It was still the same tacky, horrible place. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z A combat wound, well healed, such as a leg blown off by cannon fire, would become new, open, horrible, even after decades of healing. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It was her approval of him that let him into their circle, which is horrible right there—the “let” and “allow” by superior people. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “They were full of it. I told them it was a horrible idea.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z It felt horrible to say it out loud. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “My dear Hazel, haven’t you ever wished horrible things on Mrs. Leer for the way she treated you?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Even though the situation we were in was crazy and horrible, I couldn’t help but feel awed. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “That horrible little woman, Richard, and right in my face too. It’s so awful!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The hot, soggy air hit my nose, and I scrunched my eyes closed at the sting of the horrible smell. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Does nothing have value in your horrible ruin of a brain?” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z What matters is, Julius will he dead and by some horrible way! Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z At the bottom stretched a nightmarish version of the Grand Canyon: a river of fire cutting a path through a jagged obsidian crevasse, the glowing red current casting horrible shadows across the cliff faces. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “In the old days, he committed horrible crimes. He used his gift of sight for evil. Jupiter sent the harpies to plague him. The Argonauts—including your ancestor, by the way—” “The prince of Pylos?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “This is horrible,” shrieked the holographic librarian Mrs. Gause, as once again she flickered to frazzled life behind the circulation desk. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z But how would things go if now all tranquility, all prosperity, all contentment should come to a horrible end? The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z “I do not know how much they see through the Mist. I doubt it would matter to them if they knew the truth. Sometimes mortals can be more horrible than monsters.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z It's going to be a long, horrible morning. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Yeah, you were hurting so bad you took a three-month vacation to Switzerland. That must have been horrible for you.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z As the Count saw us, a horrible sort of snarl passed over his face, showing the eye-teeth long and pointed; but the evil smile as quickly passed into a cold stare of lion-like disdain. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z But before he had even started to plan a possible counterattack on a boggart-Voldemort, a horrible image came floating to the surface of his mind... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The bank had called in a note he held, and it had been one horrible, humiliating headache after another. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But as she sat on the edge of her rumpled, still-warm bed, pulling on her stockings, she could not prevent or deny her horrible exhilaration. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z And the horrible sinking feeling that I am being taken away. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He lets out a horrible scream and falls to the ground, fire consuming his flesh. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z There was crunching, there was blood, there were horrible screams. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Its mouth opened in a horrible O when it saw the children, and it screamed louder than Matt thought possible. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The moment he stepped out of the plane, Arisue was hit by the horrible stench of burning flesh. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “You must’ve done something realty horrible when you were alive,” I said, mildly impressed. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t have the confidence to do horrible things,” he said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Each person seemed to come to our door with a new, unique story of what horrible things could happen. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Snape had acquired a few more slimy horrible things in jars since last time, all standing on shelves behind his desk, glinting in the firelight and adding to the threatening atmosphere. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Things went from bad to very much worse in one horrible incident. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z When tourists complained about the horrible beasts stinking up our village, we learned to simply shrug and say, “When screechers were invented, Mother Nature made them scented.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Ben, with an arm around Sam, and Joon, standing slightly apart, holding the horrible bell. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z My sisters were thrilled by the little naked, winged bodies like storybook griffins, and by the horrible fact they were dead. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z As I appeared they all joined in a horrible laugh, and ran away. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z He said something about it being “a horrible act.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “But, like, you seem to think everyone is horrible.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I smelled the burning and heard a horrible crackling as the fire singed my hair and eyelashes. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Of course he was prepared to drink it if it would take him out of the horrible part-life to which he was condemned after attacking you, but only to regain a body. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z As I raced across the battlefield, I saw horrible things. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z It was so interesting to realize that another person my same age, went through such a horrible experience seeking refuge from a war. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z A needle pokes my arm and my head hurts so badly I stop fighting and simply wail in a horrible, dying-animal way, until my voice gives out. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z By this time I was kneeling and I’d sort of tipped forward, and my head was at a horrible angle. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z What a horrible death for those poor, dear, naughty dogs. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z A horrible thought came to her, and she got up, stumbling over the kids and the blankets. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I wanted to forget that awful, horrible day. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Things, the word she used when whatever it stood for was too distasteful or filthy or horrible to pass her lips. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The horrible truth sank into Harry like a stone. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z So it’s happened, I kept thinking, you’re in the middle of a story exactly as you’ve always wanted, and it’s horrible. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z It was horrible beyond belief—sweet, sickly and pungent—so that they did not fed the least wish to swallow a particle of it The real temptation was, to run away. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It was extraordinarily embarrassing and, after a while, horrible. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The skin around the cut was a horrible shade of green. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He says, “I forgot who you are, Mason. Franklin too. We are sorry. We got lost in our pain. And lost in this horrible, confused story. And missing our boy.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z "Certain things are too horrible to talk about." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Bagman was yelling, and Harry heard the Chinese Fireball emit a horrible, roaring shriek, while the crowd drew its collective breath. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The creature made horrible click, click, click noises like an enormous, slow-motion cicada. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z If it weren’t for the pile of mementos honoring Mr. Griswold, a person might pass this corner and never guess something horrible had happened there. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z If Percy knew the truth about her, and the horrible things she’d done... The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He wore a wet suit that was several horrible shades of green. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z And after a little bit of that, they looked at each other, mother and father, and realized the horrible mistake they had made. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “It’s not yours to spend,” the bird shrieked again, and followed it with the same horrible laugh. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z The statues threw horrible distorted shadows onto the ceiling, because all the light in the room came from the front. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z For a few minutes he thought he’d made a horrible mistake in embarking in the canoe, and that they’d be drowned for sure; but what else could they have done? The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I stole a bunch of blank report cards from the school library rather than have Ma see my horrible grades, which were basically zero since I never showed up. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z And yet always present, too, was the horrible bloody feast. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It was probably passed from mother to daughter like that horrible meatloaf recipe. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Now the old fears returned and threatened to strangle me, to sink me back in that horrible pit of depression I’d spent years struggling to climb out of. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Strangers fainted dead away at the sight of the Laughing Man’s horrible face. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The shame is a horrible acid ball in her heart. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The most horrible charges were crimes against humanity. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Cringing with fear, the monsters of Ignorance turned in flight and, with anguished cries too horrible ever to forget, returned to the damp, dark places from which they came. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z The figure teetered wildly in the dim light, and then sprang forward to land in a horrible threatening crouch, right in the middle of Egypt. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z For a horrible second, she was afraid the harpy might be too far away to hear. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z ‘I felt that something horrible was near from the moment that my foot first touched the water,’ said Frodo. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z And that revelation has barely registered when I notice the collar with the number 1 inlaid with jewels and the whole horrible thing hits me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z And Daedalus ... even though he’d done some terrible things and put everybody I cared about at risk, it still seemed like a pretty horrible way to die. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “How dare you?! This is disgusting! You horrible, disgusting vile creature! How dare you?!” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Then it came again: a horrible rattling breath. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z He put his horrible head between his arms on the table, and began to weep. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘I was misled by Gaia and that horrible Roman child!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “He always sounded pretty horrible, right?” she says, laughing. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z There were stories...the homeless man in the alley...a little boy who’d lost two fingers...they were too horrible to think about. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Since when is it the policy of the American government to confiscate the private property of its citizens ? Shame on you I Shame on all of you for even thinking such a horrible thought.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Why must there be such a horrible place?” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Because they think any kids of a horrible criminal like Mom would be horrible, too. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “I put on this horrible dress,” she hissed. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The dogs set up a horrible cry as they galloped on. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I have to give it to her: the dress isn’t horrible. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z It’s a horrible thing for Gale to say, for Peeta not to refute. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Thomas felt horrible leaving her there, but he knew he had no choice. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Without slowing I held my breath, closed my eyes, and jumped over the fog, not wanting to let the horrible corrosive stuff touch my legs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And then we think, what a horrible world that makes a weapon out of love. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z If you do not announce your intentions, we will assume you have vacated your cabin or died a horrible death. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I saw the sparks striking against her and burrowing into her and she screamed a horrible howling scream and a puff of smoke rose up around her. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z She disconnected them both, and then had a horrible surprise. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z A faintness of the body is my familiar, but not the sudden, evil faint of a body infected by horrible surprise. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom glares at me because clearly I’ve done something horrible to warrant having to hide in the bathroom to talk about it. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z It was a horrible joke, but Doc Daneeka didn’t laugh until Yossarian came to him one mission later and pleaded again, without any real expectation of success, to be grounded. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Reading it made me feel as horrible as when my mom had come into my room to tell me right after it had happened. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “Dad went to the house to look for the children’s bodies, and I got scared and followed him. That’s when she grabbed me. She was so horrible....” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z A fiendish rage animated him as he said this; his face was wrinkled into contortions too horrible for human eyes to behold; but presently he calmed himself and proceeded— Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z “She also makes this horrible yowling sound. I’m sure you can hear her for miles around.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Mina's offer is horrible, and it's also the best option they have. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z And we are horrible singers, but we sing really loud, so Casey and the other football players couldn’t do anything about it. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I had a horrible, sleepless time of it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Then I saw the horrible thing anchored to the reef just below the waterline—an enormous mouth with slimy lips and mossy teeth the size of rowboats. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z If horrible things were possible, why not magical ones? Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z He felt sick at the thought of those men—first dying in such a horrible way, and then having even their corpses ravaged. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z What was slightly horrible was that from the stream of sound that poured out of his mouth, it was almost impossible to distinguish a single word. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z They stood all knotted together keeping up those horrible noises and holding on like there waren’t no tomorrow. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Any minute she might turn into some horrible creature and attack them. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I’m mumbling through a mouthful of horrible rye toast, toast that tastes like it was baked three years ago and set out in the sun. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z He was horrible with messages, rarely checked his voicemail or texts. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z On the Internet, the talk about Scott is horrible, the theories wild, disgusting. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel horrible, the sick feeling still rolling around in my gut like ocean water. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Klaus felt an icy chill go through him as the horrible man spoke. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z There was a horrible bang—a thousand times worse than the sound of a balloon exploding—and the van was spinning, the wheel dancing right out of my hands. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Diana and Georgie are lucky to be leaving this horrible place. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “I didn’t see these last night. I think this is that horrible homework assignment we did in the fall.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z The sound of it coming out of its sheath was horrible, metal screeching against metal. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Many Kikongo words resemble English words backward and have antithetical meanings: Syebo is a horrible, destructive rain, that just exactly does not do what it says backward. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But the biggest reason Byron and Joey and me thought they’d never send him to Alabama was because we had heard so many horrible stories about how strict Grandma Sands was. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not the being gone, she said— though the being gone was a horrible thing—it was more that he might not ever return, or that he might return not himself. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z But that was too horrible to think about. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The idea hadn’t occurred to him before, but would it be worth it to get stung by the Grievers, go through that horrible process, just to remember something? The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Harry looked over at the Slytherin table and saw a horrible ghost sitting there, with blank staring eyes, a gaunt face, and robes stained with silver blood. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “Kiko, would you please stop making this so difficult. I mean, it's not like he did anything that horrible to you.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “And Peach is horrible, with his stupid fears and his stupid voice and his stupid ‘Comfort! Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t imagine anyone who met her wouldn’t have liked her... Very brave... Very funny... It was the most horrible thing...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Something that might harm me, that might be horrible. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, they did not relate that horrible accident to the other two men who had died because of Remedios the Beauty. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The horrible scene of the preceding day was for ever acting before my eyes; the females were flying and the enraged Felix tearing me from his father’s feet. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z Union guns firing, men moving among the guns, hunched, a bloody horse running eerily by, three-legged, horrible sight, running toward the road. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, one by one, the horrible realities of Mars came into play. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw my very first fistfight—which was horrible. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z And suddenly we hear horrible screams from down the hall. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z And summer school would he too horrible for words. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Then he said: “Do you know those two horrible boxer dogs who belong to the couple who live upstairs?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z And Joaquin had the horrible, terrible feeling that he would never be able to give this kind of life to her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z They drew back from the horrible banquet and they turned upon the criminal who had contrived it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time I thought of him, I lived the horrible tragedy all over again. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm not a superstitious person, but when I wake up from this dream, this painfully clear memory of John, I have the most horrible feeling in my chest. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z His eyes had a far-away look I recognized from my own days in this horrible place. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "Perhaps she is too horrible for people to want to name her?" Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z I know where this street ends: near a dancing studio where Elsbeth and I were forced to take horrible waltzing lessons. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Don’t take that horrible stuff. It’s poison, it’s poison.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z If he found out about the opium, she could just blame it on the horrible headaches she’d been having lately. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Before we could get warm, we’d feel a horrible stinging sensation in our hands, feet, and face. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z In the boiling water, the cat gave some horrible convulsions and a dreadful cry. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a horrible, erratic thumping in my chest, as if a large bird were trapped inside my ribcage and beating itself to death. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It would not describe somebody who provides one bed for three people to sleep in, forces them to do horrible chores, and strikes them across the face. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z I must have finally fallen asleep, because I woke from a horrible nightmare. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Yeah, but...what a horrible way to figure that out.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Do you mean real whipped cream or that horrible, prepared-mix, fake whipped cream?” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Percy knew it was a horrible wish, but he almost regretted that they hadn’t been captured at sea. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When I finally get up, I have this horrible crick in my neck. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I found out later that my dad was getting horrible phone reports from my mom for an hour each night, long after Jeffy and I were both asleep. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “But she’ll be bedridden for weeks with horrible hives. There is no way she can go. It’s up to me . . . and thee.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Gollum began to scream, a thin, tearing sound, very horrible to hear. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Her head made a horrible sound when it hit the floor. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He could go right down there to that horrible place and get Nathan out of jail. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z He’d felt the ferocity of that storm, heard the desperate radio calls for help, seen Beck Weathers crippled with horrible frostbite. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “Percy, do you have any idea how serious this is? Even Hades broke the oath! This is horrible!” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I tried to downshift, and the car made this horrible grinding sound, but somehow I recovered and before long we were coasting into the drive-thru lane. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z It hit the bottom with a rather horrible, crunchy thud. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z These are ones who move through the aisles silently, avoiding eye contact, afraid at every step that someone will recognize them and accuse them of whatever horrible, unspeakable thing they did to survive. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Thomas waited without breathing, braced himself for something horrible to come flying through the door. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He had no frame of reference for it, no way for his brain to process just how horrible it was. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Next to him, her mother was drinking from one of those horrible plastic souvenir cups with her picture on it. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Oh, defend us from death and horrible maims,** he is reported to have said, “for I see well we be in great peril of death.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z As he fell toward the highway, a horrible scenario flashed through his mind: his body smashing against an SUV’s windshield, some annoyed commuter trying to push him off with the wipers. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Words are revealed on all the walls of the auditorium—dangerous words, horrible words. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z The most horrible thing was that a person could be a witch and not even know. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z "I am so glad to see you again. I've been having such horrible dreams." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z He pushed the door ajar and peered inside — and a horrible scene met his eyes. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z He was certain he had witnessed that same horrible scene sometime before. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z That night for one horrible moment he was glad his hand was crippled. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He withstood horrible seasickness, weathered harsh conditions, witnessed a battle in Bahia Blanca, Argentina, and experienced an earthquake in Valdivia, Chile. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A violent scream filled the air, a piercing, horrible sound, and suddenly every last person there was charging forward, rushing at the two men with their death-dealing weapons. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “I mean it was horrible. He said I looked like nothing. That I basically didn’t even exist.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z A weird and horrible new reality had opened up, devouring the world she knew and understood. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The beast that had prevented Roza from escaping the yard of that horrible suburban house was the largest, ugliest, most miserable dog that Roza had ever seen. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “What? No! I mean...I’d never ask you to do that. Not after what Nemesis said about the horrible cost. We barely know each other!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Just as I was thinking that this particular hippie chick was kind of hot, a horrible realization hit me: It was Bat Lady. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z There were those who said that it was just a horrible accident, an inevitable by-product of the fact that police officers sometimes have to make life-or-death decisions in conditions of uncertainty. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “Everything horrible, all at once,” Chess said, as if he were ending the discussion. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He wasn’t powerful enough to take his revenge on Zeus, so he cursed the Oracle, dooming a young girl to a horrible fate. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “A Messenger? Snakes and dogs, I’ll—” He cut himself off, and for a few moments went absolutely silent, as if trying to decide just what horrible thing to do to Sticky. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Cole feigned surprise as if he had made a horrible mistake, then twisted at the handcuffs again. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “Grandpa, that must have been so horrible for you,” I say. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He couldn’t believe people could create something so horrible and send it after kids. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z All I had to do was say the word “stop,” and then he’d say “okay,” and then all this horrible not-just-teasing stuff would be over? Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z "A little...and if I were you, I'd outlaw that horrible trend of mosaic skin tones. It's all the rage in the Gold Isles. People are walking around looking like kaleidoscopes." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “I’m horrible and beastly and no one can stand me. There. Now tell me about yourself.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z It hung in the air—the promise of something horrible, as if the news wasn’t horrible enough. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z She changes the music to narcocorridos, those horrible Mexican songs about drug traffickers who buy diamond-encrusted guns and cut each other’s heads off. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I think about that horrible, chilling little smile she gave me when I saw her outside the Hipwells’ house. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s horrible of me, but I resent him being here. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Any other time, he might have said something about the impossibility of what had happened, how it was some kind of horrible nightmare that they, that she, needed to forget. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The woman took Amari in her arms and let her cry, the only comfort she had known since that horrible night in the village. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z She might even be in a generous frame of mind, especially if she had just cast a well-meant, horrible spell. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z For trying to make me laugh on the most horrible night of my life. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z And the horrible thing was, somehow, that I did know. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The angels took the laws and changed them, tore down those horrible statues of rich men who’d owned people and fought to keep owning people. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z A horrible thought occurred to me, and I cursed in Ancient Greek. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z For one horrible instant I thought that Francis was going to laugh aloud but somehow he managed to turn it into a theatrical battery of coughs, hiding his face behind his hand. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Is she sad because she is being a horrible friend or sad because she cares about my feelings? A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “But you have horrible warts all over your hands,” I said. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “It was like...it was like the shadow I saw inside Kalfour, but bigger and with long horrible arms and...there were mouths all over it. Screaming faces.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The horrible conditions of confinement and their constantly being told that they would die in prison no matter how well they behaved meant that most of our clients had long lists of disciplinaries. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Tell about it. Tell about the horrible circles.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z His fingers scraped desperately on the warm lead, and for a horrible second he thought he would slide off the roof to the ground. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But as he’s leaving, I have a horrible thought. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “Mine is strawberry. Now what if I said all people who like chocolate are horrible people and we should get rid of chocolate forever?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z So every day she taught them under the flame tree, away from the horrible smells toward the back of the buildings. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z What’s so horrible about being dead forever, and not feeling anything, and not even dreaming? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z When Quincey saw the attitude and state of the patient, and noted the horrible pool on the floor, he said softly:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I suddenly had the horrible thought that I’d put myself in debt and run halfway to the mountains on a goose chase. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z These horrible things had nothing to do with us; it was all absolutely hundreds of years ago. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The other Mini let out a horrible groan, as if she’d just gotten attacked by a headache, and vanished. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Audrey had to share a desktop computer with her horrible brother. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z I caught myself before my fourteen-billion-year-old teenage atoms let my mouth say something horrible—that Tracy wasn’t my real mom, even though she was the only mom I remembered. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “It isn’t. It’s because my dad died the most horrible death that anyone ever could invent.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Fire erupted from his mouth in horrible yellow-gold waves, scorching everything in reach. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z With the man’s eyes close like this, he was horrible. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z It’s such a horrible feeling to know that you go to school with people who hate you for something you can’t ever change. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z But nothing happened except that Aunt Letty, thinking that those horrible words were meant to be ordinary English, said: “I thought as much. The woman is drunk. Drunk! She can’t even speak clearly.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z When I go back to my room, I sit on my bed thinking about the dance and the kiss and my friends and just how horrible everything is. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Their incentive was not heaps of money, but preventing Count Olaf from doing something horrible to them in order to get heaps of money. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z “It’s horrible, ya know. Why would those shucks want us to remember? Why can’t we just live here and be happy?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Everything had begun to be horrible, and the once beautiful animal was spoiled and repulsive. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z If it weren’t for the pile of mementos honoring Mr. Griswold, a person might pass this corner and never guess something horrible had happened there. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “She threw herself out of the window. Oh it was horrible.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z The new prison sounded horrible, but Pong couldn't believe that one march would stop it from being built. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I feel real horrible about the whole thing, but also glad she’s apologizing. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Satisfied at last, he threw back his head and let out a horrible gurgling yell of triumph. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z It stuck in your nose—a horrible combination of damp and smoke, worse than any garbage pile I’d ever climbed through. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z But now wheeling swiftly across it, like shadows of untimely night, he saw in the middle airs below him five birdlike forms, horrible as carrion-fowl yet greater than eagles, cruel as death. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “Ashamed, Your Headship, sir. Doesn’t want to be seen. She’s a horrible mess. Saw her running through the landscape up on the fourth floor, sir, dodging between the trees. Crying something dreadful,” he said happily. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z A burst of deep laughing seemed to come from everywhere at once, the same horrible sound as before. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z What arrived in New York was six carloads of horrible slop with a sizable charge just to get rid of it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She was terrified that she might have cancer, and consumed with the idea that researchers had done —and were perhaps still doing—horrible things to her mother. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z In society, we do horrible things to one another because we don’t see the person it affects. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z They know how to make you feel horrible, just thinking of all the stupid things and bad things you ever did. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Victor spat a few times to get rid of the horrible taste. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I began to fear—horrible fears; but then came to me the sense of safety in that ring wherein I stood. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z It was a sin punishable by having his heart fed to a horrible beast called the devourer. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z And I let it loose in one horrible scream. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The horrible wrong scent of it was still in my hair, on my skin, inside my nose, so every inhalation carried it deeper inside me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z No one was sure later who was to blame that we were caught unaware, but then, the idea of blaming someone was too horrible to imagine. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z A horrible smell filled his nostrils, like eggs and milk gone rotten. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I learn that it is not the idle fantasies of someone who maybe wants something important to happen to him, even if the important thing is horrible. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z She was still shaky from the horrible night and she knew any sign of weakness would encourage them. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z In one horrible cry, he unleashed a flood of pain and anger on everyone in the clearing. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z In the evenings, as the frost-tinged night came on, the staff built fires of Elgon olive logs in the fireplaces, and the food in the dining room was horrible, in the best English tradition. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As Milligan passed through the cafeteria, the whole place erupted in applause for the Executives and Recruiters, then horrible boos and jeers for the captured spy. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “But why would he write that? He said I wanted to kill him. That I was plotting horrible things. None of that was true!” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z ‘At my mom for sending me on that horrible quest in Rome. At... well, pretty much everybody. Gaia. The giants. The gods for being jerks.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Before she could get it open, a horrible screeching sound exploded behind them. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z As soon as I was inside the house, I couldn’t see anymore, the tears, the horrible shaking, the fear all coming out. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Luckily, everyone in the community rushed to donate new furniture and art and worked together to cover up the horrible words that had been sprayed on the walls with fresh coats of light gray paint. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z So, long story short, Chuck Parson kept me from ever dancing the fox-trot, which doesn’t seem like a particularly horrible thing to do to a sixth-grader. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z You see movies and TV shows where people receive horrible news in hospitals, but for us, with all our many trips to the hospital with August, there had always been good outcomes. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z The beast was harmless and horrible; and the news must reach the others as soon as possible. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z It was beautiful, and horrible too, with gleaming, rainbow-colored scales, and an eye like a marble beginning to dim even as she watched it. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z A horrible pain in my left leg keeps my eyes and cheeks moist with tears. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Now that I know my family coming, seems like my mind trying to plague me with every horrible thing what might happen.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Now you are here, let me show you everything,” she said, her voice ingratiating and sweet as honey, horrible, false. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It made a horrible sound—was that laughter? Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Under the scarlet gown, he said, there had been a fair white garment—under that, a horrible shirt of hair. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a dull explosion as the egg broke, and then a horrible smell. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z When she pulls it out, she gets a horrible, sick feeling, because it’s a letter. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I mean, telling my parents was easily the weirdest, most horrible thing about having a girlfriend. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z If I refused, I was placing myself not only in the position of a horrible infidel but of a hardhearted ingrate. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She told me that girls who don't wash their junk get horrible infections, so I never skipped showering again. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She was supposed to drink dittany tea sweetened with molasses, but it tasted too horrible. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t believe my own brother would be so horrible to me. After everything I’ve done for him. It makes me so sad.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Would they have actually admitted the horrible things they did? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I felt a sudden, horrible feeling tighten in my gut. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z She lay as still as possible until the pain subsided from absolute torture to just horrible throbbing. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It must be horrible to see an ugly face when you’re surrounded by such beautiful people all the time. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It felt like Tally’s horrible first days in the Smoke, when she hadn’t known whose side she was on. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Mrs. Shaw answered Rindlisbacher’s questions about the weather, saying it was “horrible.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z "They don't always have bows," I say, thinking of the year there were only horrible spiked maces that the tributes had to bludgeon one another to death with. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z And I had a perfectly horrible BLT waiting in my locker. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z A horrible vision of his lanky cousin frozen in time terrorized Otto. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z There he found a book with the most wonderful pictures of Calvinistic martyrs, dying horrible but prayerful deaths. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t believe those horrible people. It’s like they didn’t even notice I was all rebel with a cause, too.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He felt so horrible for her, cheery and smiling and holding beer she'd brought for her boyfriend. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z “Can you believe this? It’s horrible. What are they saying on the news?” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “And thus ends the story of Andrew and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Mrs. Bunny?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Having any brother would be horrible, I suppose, but having my particular brother, Jeffrey, is an unrelenting nightmare. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Naheed and Nouri listened to and watched the television, but it all seemed too horrible to be real and too far away to have any significant impact on them personally. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Yet many German people dismissed the stories as too horrible to be true. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “I’m just a horrible dancer. Terrible. In fact, I’m so bad I even have a rule against it. No dancing unless I’m alone in my room or it’s pitch-black dark.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He could not shake off the memory of Achren’s livid face and horrible screaming, and he feared she might have ordered Gwydion slain. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The same words that make the horrible things come also tell the quieter things about love. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “No, he hasn’t! He’s been horrible to me.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z They didn’t pay too much attention until a truly horrible smell reached their nostrils. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Many kinds of horrible things could happen to me there if I ran into the wrong men. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Thomas hesitated, feeling one last moment of stark terror—hearing the horrible sounds behind him, seeing the illusion in front of him—then snapped out of it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z My father woke up the next morning with a horrible rash on his hands and arms, presumably wounded by the plant that bites. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Hagrid looked at Harry with warmth and respect blazing in his eyes, but Harry, instead of feeling pleased and proud, felt quite sure there had been a horrible mistake. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z At least something in this horrible world was working right; Otto was getting tickled. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I say, wiping my horrible zitty nose against my horrible plaid shirt, the shirt of a pirate out to prove that he doesn’t care what people think of him. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z And while I do, I wonder if this man is responsible for the horrible smoke. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Because, see, with this horrible psychiatrist background of hers, she only accuses me of hiding things from her when I’m hiding things from her. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z But it was really horrible, with bits of bloody meat and bone and feathers all over. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Mine has a haunted house, and all these really horrible demons killing people, and only one girl surviving, just like a movie. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z They ran through the dark alleys, imagining a thousand things that could have happened to Bo and Hornet, and the closer, they got to the Campo Morosini, the more horrible those images became. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z But as far as your story goes, Alex, his action—his horrible, disgusting action—was just an aftereffect of yours. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z They climbed aboard, laughing as they recalled their meal of horse meat, and how, on the horrible march to this last camp, they had been the horse. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z “No,” he said, remembering that horrible day in Africa. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “It was just,” Iphigenia whispered shuddering; “just—yet evil, horrible.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z All she knew to do was get away from that horrible voice and make it to the water. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I quite understood; my only doubt was as to whether any dream could be more terrible than the unnatural, horrible net of gloom and mystery which seemed closing around me. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The measles did not seem like such a horrible thing. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The horrible pare On a velvet dais at the back of the room lay a ten-foot-long golden casket. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The ghost patted his arm, giving Harry the sudden, horrible feeling he’d just plunged it into a bucket of ice-cold water. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Percy guessed that meant they would’ve been taken to Greece for some big horrible sacrifice. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The silence was horrible, and I found myself wishing for the yelling. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “We can’t go back to where we came from. I’ve seen it, remembered awful, awful things. Burned land, a disease—something called the Flare. It was horrible—way worse than we have it here.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z But the most horrible part was her misshapen face. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It was the most horrible thing I ever witnessed in my life. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The stuff grew not less but more horrible with every mouthful he drank. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “Luxa should not have struck you, but your fight invited horrible death to those she loved. This is greatly felt by her, as both her parents were killed by rats.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps allowing them to be friends was a horrible, dangerous idea. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “A dog is different, George. We must get rid of that horrible thing. You can sell it back to the company. I’ve asked, and you can.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z I saw something so horrible, it didn't seem it was meant to be seen. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Nobody wanted to stay behind in the movie theater, not even Riccio, although on the entire journey he kept declaring how horrible he thought it was that they were spying on Scipio. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, sure! How convenient! Let me tell you, it’s horrible working here,” she stormed. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z This place, and especially the sight of a doctor, triggered such horrible memories for him. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z After I’d completed that horrible task—perhaps the worst task of my life—I tried to focus my fractured attention back on Sergeant Capricorn Caputo. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z At three A.M., the scene is so horrible that Mary is no longer admitted. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The flagpoles were hung with horrible trophies—helmets and armor pieces from defeated campers. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z To hide the evidence, the bodies were burned in crematoriums, but enormous clouds of smoke poured out of the chimneys, visible for miles, and a horrible stench filled the air. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z No matter who she was, it was sad and horrible and final. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Who knew what horrible, unpredictable thing would happen next? Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z I can only manage one full roll before I have to stop because of the horrible sound he's making. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She didn’t want to mess up the quest, but she remembered how horrible her life had been when she and her mother had moved to Alaska—no roads. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It must’ve just been a horrible accident, Dallas figured, no one in the wrong, but a tragedy nonetheless. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I know it’s horrible, but I want him to be in pain. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The fairy blanched, then screamed, a high keening horrible sound. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z He led an army so great that it seemed impossible for the little band of heroes either to conquer it or to escape, but Medea saved them again, this time by a horrible deed. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She had met a boy who had seen his mother without a face, and she had scratched his horrible scars. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z My costume would be her horrible wig-hair and a purse full of fruits and matches, and honey packets, and a general demeanor of bloodthirsty competition. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Without caring that people could hear her she asked herself aloud what horrible sin Amaranta had committed to make her prefer an impious death to the shame of confession. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z What if something horrible really had happened to the kid next door? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z I feel horrible for taking something really strange and emotional from her life and making it even weirder. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z A fissure opened in the stone floor of the workshop, and Minos and all his spirits were sucked into the void with a horrible wail. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Those who sat with him saw his eyes go moist when they spoke about something horrible, or crinkle in delight when they told him a really bad joke. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I have brought myself to do horrible things. These hands might have slain you. And even now—how can I save you? What god, what man, will help us?” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, for a long horrible moment, nothing happened. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Her neck broke with a loud and horrible snap, and darkness came over Citra like a landslide. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z For a horrible moment, Piper couldn’t find her voice. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Tyson closed his eyes and began to speak in a horrible, raspy woman’s voice. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I remember she paused after she said that, and for one horrible moment, I thought that might be a euphemism. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z The Liars and I. It was a horrible thing to do. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The loudspeakers are playing a horrible mix of pop songs from when I was in elementary school. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Love you, Megs,” he murmurs, and I feel horrible then, like the worst person in the world. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The king had his court musicians, one of whom was Bach’s son Carl Philipp Emanuel, devise a tune specially, one they mischievously knew was practically impossible to turn into a fugue without creating horrible dissonances. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He’d come where he wanted to be, needed to be, had put that horrible thing behind him, not just the wreck, the thing with Cammi, everything. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I told him my horrible secret that I had told myself I would never tell anyone and that I had made Sammy promise never to tell. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The tension between her lack of control and her attempt to suppress it is horrible. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Tammi tried to dodge my blade, but I sliced straight through her cheerleader uniform, and with a horrible wail she exploded into dust all over Rachel. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She turned her back I went around in front of her the rain creeping into the mud flatting her bodice through her dress it smelled horrible. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Ron stuffed the Sneakoscope into a particularly horrible pair of Uncle Vernon’s old socks, which deadened the sound, then closed the lid of the trunk on it. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Like maybe I wrote horrible things about her, secrets or lies, because I’ve hated her all of this time. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Some of the arrogance is gone from his voice, replaced with a horrible softness. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But for some reason on that first horrible night, it seemed as though everything I ever did to Jeffrey had probably caused some horrible genetic damage. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I was a reservation Indian attending an all-white school and my sister had just died some horrible death. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z And that led to the worst part of the nightmare, for Mr. Loomis, weak as he was, was trying to shout in anger and in dread, and it came out as a horrible, thin whimper. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Now that the first, horrible shock was over, I was starting to breathe a bit easier. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z If we hadn’t been sprinting for the bus, I would have shouted horrible things. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I was in the cave again, and his horrible smile was snaking up his wrinkled cheek and his eye was once more half-closed. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The doctor let me look at the stitches in a mirror when he was finished, but I mostly paid attention to how horrible the rest of me looked. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He thought of Kate and his weak joke seemed horrible to him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He needed to see her phone again, to force himself to read the horrible words again. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z It was horrible to watch, like an oversized, balding baby, cowering on the floor. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Either way she was conscious of the most horrible danger, because the flood was threatening to sweep her loose completely, and it was immense. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “He is a horrible thief,” Mama would say with a half smile. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “It’s a horrible thing to tell your kids that money’s the only thing in the world, but it’s a disgrace to work for it. Then toss ’em out without a penny. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The howling sound was so horrible, Annabeth fell to her knees and clutched her ears. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z You didn’t say once in your horrible letter. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z What was that doing in a horrible place like this? The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z A horrible pang of terror went through him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “Why, only last week your own horrible Aunt Sponge flushed my poor dear father down the plughole in the bathtub.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z I was scared I would ruin it, that things would unravel in the most horrible ways, and that I would have to go on simply pretending—as always—to be fine. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z We had walked and been trucked and been taken by train so many times to so many new horrible places that some of the prisoners were reluctant to go. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “I know. It’s horrible. I asked Emilia why she couldn’t have real children, and she said they couldn’t be depended on to do the job right.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A horrible thought came to him, and with it a kind of panic. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Shut up. You look horrible with all them scratches. Besides, you might get germs in ’em. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z When I tell him how horrible my day was, he pauses for such a long time, I think maybe the call has cut off. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Maybe the chains prevented her, or some magic about this dark, horrible place. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z And somehow, I told them each the inexpressibly horrible news that our mother and father were dead, and that it was possible they’d been murdered. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z “It’s not a horrible world,” he told me, putting a Cambodian mask on his face, “but it’s filled with a lot of horrible people!” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I told the Preacher, “All the growned folks said we gotta stay away from this. They said there’s gambling and all sorts of horrible things going on there.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “No one ever understood!” the boy screamed over the horrible noise of the creature, crunching its way deeper into the Homestead, ripping the wall to pieces. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She is twisting and bending in such a way that it seems both horrible and elegant. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He had a round, bald head and very horrible eyes. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z It turned its horrible black eyes toward her, and for a moment, Kaede lost her breath looking into those bottomless depths. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Why are you trying to diminish the horrible thing that happened to me and make it about you?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Believe me, if it wasn’t an emergency—” “Is your mom really horrible?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Not that it’s not a horrible crime,” one explained, “but it’s also a crime to try a child as an adult.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I saw The Grand High Witch standing over me, grinning at me in the most horrible way. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z He wanted to be able to protect his friends from the horrible experience, but he knew he couldn’t. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z His breath escaped just enough for Thomas to get a whiff, reminding him of some horrible memory that was just out of reach. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “Now, the axle for this chariot—” “You’re treating him like he’s this horrible thing,” I said. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z On the last sentence it opened, horrible and vast, the skin stretching ravenously from bone to bone and tooth to tooth. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt a horrible pang of envy then, a longing for Saturdays spent lying on the sofa with the newspapers and a hazy memory of leaving the club the night before. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, before the marchers had gone more than a few blocks, the line stopped and they were surrounded by a “horrible howling mob.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “Listen, you two,” Santa said quickly so that Mrs. Reilly would not describe some new', horrible deficiency. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The bust had extracted a terrible toll, and the list of people and institutions that had been destroyed read like a horrible casualty list. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Ugwu told Master about the afternoon, quickly recounting the words of both women, and finished with what was the most horrible of all: “Mama said she will go to the dibia, sah.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z |
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